Former SNL star Rachel Dratch‘s new memoir, Girl Walks Into A Bar…: Comedy Calamaties, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle, details (humorously) her unexpected experience of having a baby at 44. $14.69 at barnesandnoble.com.
Former SNL star Rachel Dratch‘s new memoir, Girl Walks Into A Bar…: Comedy Calamaties, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle, details (humorously) her unexpected experience of having a baby at 44. $14.69 at barnesandnoble.com.

The Spring 2012 collection from Ingrid & Isabel includes (thankfully) simple, sophisticated pieces like the Athena Maxi Dress ($148) and the Waterfall Dress ($88). It's basically the kind of stuff you'd wear if you weren't pregnant, but with extra room for your bump. Available at ingridandisabel.com.

Today is the 100th anniversary of the Oreo cookie, and to mark the occasion there's a special new birthday cake flavor, in stores for a limited time. So if chocolate Twinkies didn't satisfy your pregnancy-induced sweet tooth, you might want to try these. You're welcome.

The new advice cards from TinyTales make for a much sweeter baby shower activity. $8 for a set of 24 at tinytales.com.

Bringing Up Bebe is former Wall Street Journal reporter Pamela Druckerman's take on the "wisdom of French parenting." Kind of like French Women Don't Get Fat for the child-rearing set. Silly, but intriguing, n'est pas? $17.28 at barnesandnoble.com.

We know there's probably nothing less PC in the nutrition world than a Twinkie, but we couldn't help announcing Hostess's new Twinkie—filled with chocolate creme. Just sayin'.

Pfizer has recalled about one million birth control pill packets due to a packaging error that may reduce the pills' efficacy and increase the risk of an unplanned pregnancy. Read details about which lots were recalled at fda.gov.

Giggle has just launched a mobile app for its Best Baby Registry so you can create, scan, and manage your registry with your iPhone. Free at itunes.apple.com.

There's a new Care2 petition to bring back breastfeeding to Sesame Street, which used to feature nursing videos, but now only shows bottle feeding.

BabyCenter's 2011 most popular baby names report came out this week, with Aiden and Sophia leading the pack (again). Read the top 100 girls' and boys' names here.
